Yes! I use Engraver for notes, rests and clefs: Maestro for everything else. I'm very happy with it at full size. I'm going to look through my scores and see which publishers used flags like this: I must have picked up the preference from somewhere.

Yes! I use Engraver for notes, rests and clefs: Maestro for everything else. I'm very happy with it at full size. I'm going to look through my scores and see which publishers used flags like this: I must have picked up the preference from somewhere.

Ben, have you tried using Maestro noteheads instead? They are not so wide, and the shape has flattened sides that touch longer staff lines. I think it is good for clarity. Engraver is very wide, yet not more "readable".

I'm with odod, and in fact, my own Durand-inspired flags are even narrower than his.
These flags have proven to be somewhat controversial, but personally I find them both space efficient and clearly subordinate to the notehead, as they should be.

I don't like flags that have too much prominence, like the Engraver flags. Combined with the wide noteheads of Engraver they look disproportionate to me, like a picture that has been stretched horizontally, beyond it's proportional size. To each his own, I guess.

Ben, have you tried using Maestro noteheads instead? They are not so wide, and the shape has flattened sides that touch longer staff lines. I think it is good for clarity. Engraver is very wide, yet not more "readable".

Well, obviously I used Maestro in Finale before I started thinking about these things! My music tends to use quite small staff sizes, so a larger note head works better for clarity. I did try Maestro Wide, but the difference is slight. I also tried Maestro noteheads at 25pt, but Engraver is my preference.

Odod - I don't like the tiny white space below the notehead. It's probably not noticeable at regular sizes, of course.

Maestro does have a number of alternative flags that you can use: a straighter, more 'quill-like' style, and a shorter, fatter one. It's a bit too short for my tastes.

Here's Briard, which is quite nice. I think it's the steeper curve that I like, and that the flag should point back into the notehead at a more oblique angle.